Krotz Springs weighs options on school resource officer

1:52 AM,
May 15, 2013

Sheriff Bobby Guidroz answers a question at the Krotz Springs City Council meeting.

Written by

Zane Hill
zhill@dailyworld.com

After exploring the possibility of hiring a private security guard for the town's elementary school last month, the Krotz Springs City Council will now weigh that against hiring a police officer or sheriff's deputy.

The city council began considering the hire last month as a preventative response to recent high-profile school shootings and other incidents nationwide. The town's school, Krotz Springs Elementary School, does not currently have any sort of guard and has an inadequate, short fence and an apparently unreliable security camera system.